This is a departure from what Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu promised on Tuesday, November 9, 2020, while presenting the 2021 budget to the House.
According to the statement, the report recommended the reduction of pensions for former governors and other affected officials by 50 per cent.
However, the House committee’s report, while expunging the provision of houses in Abuja and Lagos for ex-governors, reduced their salaries by 50 per cent.
He also suggested that the amended bill should provide that the cars be changed every four years, instead of the three years recommended by the report.
While some of the lawmakers at plenary suggested an upward review of the pension for the affected public office holders by 75 per cent, others urged that the pension remain as stipulated in the old law.
Obasa, who noted the argument of his colleagues that the projected downward review of pensions for former governors and others could also be affected by inflation, said, “The House must meet the wishes of the people, one of which is a cut in the cost of governance.”